EPA's Office of Water has shown a stunning lack of transparency in their decisionmaking in a number of programs.

she is the CEO of a far-left environmental organization and was a staunch supporter of the Clean Water Restoration Act.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __ None of the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would just remind my friend from California that when Republicans brought disclosure, they didn't link it to the contracting process, which this potential Executive order does. I think that's…

Mr. Chairman, I would just urge the body to support the amendment. I would disagree with my friend. Sham groups are quite often formed in labor unions or underneath, but that's another debate for another day. Let's just keep outside money…

Mr. Chairman, in April a draft Executive order was circulated that would force companies, as a condition of applying for a Federal contract, to disclose all Federal campaign contributions. In my opinion, if implemented, this Executive…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To eliminate the additional amount of $10,000,000, not included…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 553

I call up amendment No. 553. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn], for Mr. McCain, proposes an amendment numbered 553.

Obviously that is unacceptable in a technology environment to wait 12 years to be able to integrate that.

Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

Ms. Warren, honored for you to be able to be here. You are a fellow Oklahoman from the Fifth District of Oklahoma.

One of the things that came out was that there was a lot of manual input still of data.

Which, by the way, we would completely concur with that.

Thank you. I am honored to get a chance to talk about a great American resource, and that is our energy. Let me take you back a little bit. I'm 43 years old. I can remember in elementary school I was allowed to be able to work with the…

Nineteen years ago, when my wife and I married, I was still in school, I was working as much as I could, and she was also working, but we were barely making it. But we made the decision we were not going to run up credit card debt and live…

When is it that you are going to have suspicious claims stopped pay?

But when?